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What constitutes Intelligence?   "That was not an intelligent decision," someone may quip. What constitutes intelligence, and why is an action or a task completed considered intelligent? The life we live is a cumulation of constantly made decisions as we wade through life's moments. Careers have been made out of intelligent decisions; likewise, those who are successful confidently credit the right decisions they made at some point in life as the basis of their success. The Oxford Dictionary describes intelligence as the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well. Applying the above description in life is straightforward but complex when a series of events come into play. Independently looking at intelligence without considering context does not help conclude whether the initial proposition is intelligent. The following analysis seeks to carefully interpret and correctly define intelligence in the context of a ...

                                                                INTELLIGENCE   The Oxford Dictionary describes intelligence as the ability to learn, understand and think in a logical way about things; the ability to do this well. Humankind is the epitome of intelligence in the world. To aptly put it, what exists in the world or what the world has become and what it will be is a result of human intelligence. A famous quote; necessity is the mother of all inventions is a well-known fact. As the world continues to develop, courtesy of humankind, needs in the form of problems will always arise. These problems have to be solved or what currently exists improved. Reverting to the definition of intelligence, a few deductions can be made. It begins by; intelligence is the ability to learn. Knowledg...